Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Lu Jun could feel everyone's eyes focused on him, waiting for his instructions.

He took a deep breath and calmly began to speak:
"Before we begin, let me ask you this: how many of you can pilot a mech? You don't need to be an expert, just know the basics."

"Mech? Mech?" Le Zhengyu was taken aback. "Why would we need a mech? Aren't we going to Aolai City?"

"I can! My family is a mecha family in Donghai City!" Xie Xie was the first to raise his hand excitedly.

"I...I've also learned the basics." Tang Wulin nodded, suppressing his anxiety as he answered.

“Okay, three people who can operate it will be enough.” Lu Jun nodded. “The mech cockpit usually has multiple seats and can accommodate other people.”

"Xie Xie, you drive one, with Yue Zhengyu and Long Chen. Tang Wulin, you drive one, with Yuan Enyehui and Xu Xiaoyan. I'll drive one, with Gu Yuena and Wu Siduo. That's perfect."

Upon hearing this, Xie Xie immediately exclaimed, "Brother Lu! How about I take Yuan En? Let Le Zhengyu run there by himself!"

Le Zhengyu rolled his eyes at him.
"Damn! This guy forgets his friends for a pretty face! There's a limit to how much he values ​​women over friends!"

Lu Jun shook his head helplessly:

"You can coordinate and allocate them however you like internally, just make sure each mech has two people besides the pilot. I'll go to the academy's mech rental office now to apply for a standard mech."

"If you want to rent it, you can use your Spirit Pagoda points or Federation contribution points to settle the payment together."

"You can rent mechs?" Xie Xie and Tang Wulin exclaimed in unison, clearly unaware that the academy offered such a service.

“Of course you can,” Lu Jun explained. “You are all official members of the Spirit Pagoda and enjoy corresponding privileges. With my Spirit Pagoda privileges, I can even temporarily request the deployment of Black-level mechs.”

Although they are not yet able to fully utilize the combat power of the Black-level mechs with their current soul power, the speed and defense of the Black-level mechs are far superior to those of ordinary mechs.

"Holy crap! Black-level mech! Brother Lu, take me with you! I want to pilot a Black-level mech!" Xie Xie was so excited he almost jumped up.

Le Zhengyu retorted mercilessly, "Wake up! A Black-level mecha requires at least Soul Saint-level mental and soul power to be fully activated. Are you even high enough? You think you can just go out and have fun in a Black-level mecha? You're dreaming!"

"Oh...right..." Xie Xie immediately deflated like a punctured balloon.

Tang Wulin then raised another question: "Brother Lu, why don't we just take the Soul Guidance High-Speed ​​Train to Aolai City? Wouldn't that be faster and more convenient?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Jun silently rolled his eyes.

It's because you're here that I absolutely cannot take the train!

He clearly remembered that Tang Wulin in the original novel had a constitution that could be described as a "train destroyer," and that he would definitely have an accident if he took a train!
For safety reasons, this possibility must be eliminated at its root!
He remained outwardly calm and offered a perfectly legitimate reason:

"We can't use public transportation. It's too conspicuous, making us easy targets and potentially allowing us to be ambushed by enemy forces. While piloting a mech is slower, it's more agile, stealthy, and safer."

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately showed expressions of sudden realization.

"I see!"

"Brother Lu is so thoughtful!"

"That's right! What if those bad guys who kidnapped the uncles and aunties are lying in ambush at the station!"

"Mechs are great! Let's go pilot a mech!"

Seeing that he had successfully persuaded everyone, Lu Jun breathed a sigh of relief and waved his hand:
"If no one objects, then let's move out! Xie Xie, Wu Lin, come with me to the rental office to complete the formalities. The rest of you, please wait here and check your equipment and supplies. We'll set off as soon as possible!" "Yes, sir!"

Everyone responded in unison, instantly finding a leader and their motivation to act immediately increased.

The mission to rescue Tang Wulin's parents has officially begun.

Lu Jun led everyone directly to the branch of the Spirit Pagoda located within the Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy.

Thanks to the emergency mission action document issued by the federal government, the procedures were handled exceptionally smoothly.

After verifying the documents, the staff immediately became extremely respectful and efficient. In less than a minute, three streamlined, metallic-lustered purple standard mechs were authorized to leave the warehouse and quietly parked on the dedicated takeoff platform.

"Each person has one machine. Check the basic operation interface and familiarize yourself with it for five minutes."

Lu Jun gave the instructions succinctly.

Xie Xie cheered and was the first to crawl into the cockpit of mech number 02.

Tang Wulin suppressed his anxiety, took a deep breath, and entered Mech No. 03.

Lu Jun then boarded the lead mecha, number 01.

The doors of the three mechs slowly closed.

Lu Jun's cockpit is quite spacious, with two passenger seats side by side behind the main control seat.

Gu Yuena naturally sat in the passenger seat to Lu Jun's left and fastened her seatbelt.

Wu Siduo sat somewhat awkwardly on the right, imitating her posture to keep herself still.

"Om-"

With a deep engine start-up sound, three massive purple mechs, propelled by anti-gravity soul guides, smoothly took off, adjusted their direction, and sped towards the distant Aolai City, quickly becoming three black dots in the sky.

Inside the mecha, Lu Jun was completely focused on manipulating the joystick, with various flight data flashing on the screen in front of him.

However, the atmosphere inside the cockpit was somewhat subtle.

Sitting on the left, Gu Yuena's deep purple eyes would occasionally glance at Wu Siduo on the right, seemingly unintentionally, with a hint of scrutiny and curiosity in her gaze.

Wu Siduo, who was being watched, seemed even more uneasy. She placed her hands neatly on her knees, straightened her back, and looked around with a somewhat unsure of what to do. She could only pretend to look at Lu Jun's back as he operated the machine in front of her, or at the clouds rushing past the window.

Just then, Xie Xie's energetic voice broke the silence through the mech's built-in communication channel:
"123456, hello! Channel test! Can everyone hear me? Over!"

Lu Jun pressed the call button and calmly responded:

"The channel is clear and the signal is stable. This is our mission's dedicated communication channel; keep it open."

"Received, received!" Xie Xie's voice continued, tinged with excitement. "By the way, Brother Lu, if we just fly these three big guys out like this, won't the air traffic control and defense systems in various places mistake us for UFOs or intruders and shoot us down? Have you gotten the clearance?"

"Yes." Lu Jun replied succinctly, "The Dean has temporarily granted us a special-grade mech flight pass across the entire continent. Our mech signal has been marked as a friendly mission unit, and checkpoints along the way will automatically grant us passage."

"Holy crap! A pass to the entire continent!" Xie Xie exclaimed exaggeratedly in the channel, "Brother Lu, your connections and permissions are just too amazing! Awesome!" (End of this chapter)